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The Centurion Class Battlecruiser is the primary Ship of the Line operated by the Earth Alliance Interplanetary Defense Forces (IDF). The massive vessel measures half a kilometer from bow to stern and is twice as powerful as the largest rebel cruiser. The Centurion was the first vessel to be equipped with the new Imperial Ship Drives' Capital-1 Fusion Core, the largest such unit yet installed aboard an Alliance vessel at the time of the Centurion's launch in 2989.
The Centurion was designed for deep space superiority, and as such is armed to the teeth with powerful direct fire weapon's systems, heavy torpedo launchers, missile defense systems, heavy armor, and extensive shielding. However, though brute force has proven to be the deciding factor in most Alliance and rebel skirmishes, any good ship captain will tell you information is also a valuable weapon, especially if such information can be gained before the first shots are fired. For that reason, the Centurion has the largest GUARD sensor suite of any known vessel, and can detect and track an enemy vessel's gravity-distortion signature from nearly twelve light years away. With this weapon in a Centurion commander's grasp, the warship can track its prey indefinitely without being observed. Repeated successful raids in recent years against the Novan ship yards on Ambria have proven the superiority of the Centurion over the Novan Advocet Class Heavy Cruiser.
In addition to tradition weapons systems and advanced sensor suites, the Centurion holds one last ace up its sleeve: an entire Marine Battalion and twenty AutoPods. In formation with the new Spartacus Class Assault Cruiser, the Centurion poses a significant threat to any enemy garrison army, as repeated successful attacks have shown. These troops, in addition to direct ground engagements, have proven invaluable as boarding parties on rebel warships and transports, as well as the occasional pirate or Interstellar Trade Agreement violator the Centurion has the pleasure of finding. The Centurion continues production as the premier front line warship.
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